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cassava

  • People who eat diets reliant on cassava root don't get enough vitamin B6. (Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)
    A More Nutritious Cassava Plant
    Victoria Clare
    If you live in the United States, you probably haven't given a lot of thought to vitamin B6. Our bodies can't produce it, but it's in a lot of staple food we eat. But some diets that rely on cassava produce deficiencies.